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Contact Lenses News Archive of April 2006
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4/27/2006 |
Warning For Contact Lens Wearers
WSBtv.com - Atlanta,GA,USA
In the United States, more than 30 million people wear soft contact
lenses. The FDA is investigating a serious fungus that appears to have
infected a specific brand of contact lens cleaning solution.....
ReNu contact solution users in danger of eye fungus
University Daily Kansan - Lawrence,KS,USA
Students who use ReNu contact solutions beware: The solution and its
generic counterparts have been recalled because of suspicion of an
association with an eye fungus that can lead to cornea transplants. Bausch
and Lomb voluntarily recalled its ReNu contact solution last week because
of eye fungus suspicions....
Special Effect Contact Lenses - Straight Into Your Cornea
LiveArticles.org - Inglewood,CA,USA
Decorative color contact lenses and special effect contact lenses are
available without prescription and a wide variety of options and prices
exist...
Acuvue Contact Lenses - Bringing Out The Best In Your Eyes!
LiveArticles.org - Inglewood,CA,USA
Contact lenses are small, optical, often soft, and remarkably thin lenses
placed in the cornea of one's eye. They improve the vision ...
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4/17/2006 |
Investigation of Serious Eye Infections Associated With Soft Contact Lens Use and Contact Lens Solution
FDA.gov - USA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) are alerting health care professionals and
their patients who wear soft contact lenses to an increasing number of
reports in the United States of rare but serious fungal infections in the
eye that can cause permanent loss of sight. ...
Users of ReNu can get refund, company says
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
People who use the ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens cleaner have plenty
of options after maker Bausch & Lomb asked stores to remove the product
from shelves Thursday amid concerns that it may be linked to a rare and
dangerous eye infection that can cause blindness....
Health Tip: Take Care of Your Eyes
Forbes - USA
If you're one of the 30 million Americans who wears contact lenses, make
sure you follow your optometrist's instructions carefully. Failure to
properly clean and change your contact lenses can lead to infections or
damage to your eyes....
Free Contact Lenses - How You Can Get Them At Insane Prices
LiveArticles.org - Inglewood,CA,USA
Occasionally hospitals and charity organizations will offer eye checkups
and give out free contact lenses but there is a way you can save money on
contacts regularly.....
Vision Correction Alternatives that Work Best for You
ClickPress (press release) - Sharjah,United Arab Emirates
Contrarily to contact lenses, Lasik Eye Surgeries have only been
performed for a little over a decade now with some liberating results
for patients. Lasik (Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis) takes the...
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4/8/2006 |
Daily and monthly lenses virtually identical
Which? - London,UK
Most contact lenses for weekly or monthly wear are virtually identical to
cheaper daily disposable lenses, says Which? today.
In many cases the only real difference, according to experts we consulted,
is the price because while daily lenses cost around....
Bausch & Lomb Reminds Contact Lens Wearers Of Importance of Proper ...
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA
Following reports of an increase in the incidence of fungal keratitis, a
rare eye infection, in the United States, that has also affected some
contact lens wearers, Bausch & Lomb encourages contact lens wearers to
protect the health of their eyes ...
Cluster Of Fungal Eye Infections Worries Experts
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
Physicians treating eye infections -- especially in patients wearing
contact lenses -- should be on the lookout for fungal as well as bacterial
keratitis, ophthalmologists here have warned....
Opticians accused of contact lenses rip-off
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
CONTACT lens wearers are being ripped off by up to £190 a year, consumer
watchdogs said yesterday. Which? found that most manufacturers' daily
lenses were "virtually identical" to their more expensive weekly or
monthly versions....
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4/1/2006
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Fungal Eye Infections Rising
Houston Chronicle - United States
A warning has gone out to contact lens wearers concerning an outbreak of
Fusarium keratitis, a severe corneal fungal infection that has recently
been linked to soft contact lens use....
Ortho-K taking shape
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
The procedure, better known as Ortho-K, trades the high-tech laser
equipment of LASIK for specially designed contact lenses that are worn
overnight as patients sleep. These lenses gradually reshape the corneas to
correct vision problems...
Soft contact lenses have increased risk of vision threatening ...
Tampa Bay's 10 - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
New information shows soft contact lens users have an increased risk for a
serious eye infection....
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